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Bernie Sabaroff 3rd year Architecture. Arrogant mf'er w/ an XKE Jag

that had an automatic transmission.
Posted: 01/26/2023 at 05:13 PM ET
(In response to this post by MrBayAreaHokie)

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Who was your worst prof at VT?
MrBayAreaHokie • 01/26/23 01:02 PM ET
Best was Prof. John Barringer, who was also the mayor of Blacksburg at the
Galenahokie • 01/27/23 09:10 AM ET
ECON course called "Money and Banking", the professor worked for the IMF
HokieNoVA • 01/27/23 08:35 AM ET
Dr. Major quantitative methods (statistics basically), he just wasn't good**
TekkNerd • 01/27/23 07:42 AM ET
Statistics class. Basically all he did was work examples from the book on
wwhokie1 • 01/26/23 10:28 PM ET
Physics. I got an 18 on the final exam and that was considered a B.
GSOHokie01 • 01/26/23 09:28 PM ET
Had a DiffEQ prof straight off the boat from Poland…
VT BronzeBacker • 01/26/23 08:28 PM ET
STAT 4714 all theory never any problem examples for tests**
pburg_hokie • 01/26/23 07:03 PM ET
Don't remember any that were horrible, but...
EDGEMAN • 01/26/23 06:51 PM ET
I had that type of situation in a ChemE design class, with a twist.
Merlin Hokie • 01/26/23 08:10 PM ET
I once had an Asian professor announce as he was returning the graded test
Hoakie82 • 01/26/23 06:34 PM ET
Bernie Sabaroff 3rd year Architecture. Arrogant mf'er w/ an XKE Jag ◄
PhotoHokieNC • 01/26/23 05:13 PM ET
For those of you with Kids there now, Jerri England of Business calc is
VTHokienation • 01/26/23 05:10 PM ET
I vote Math Emporium for worst current teacher. I paid tuition for THAT?**
dolph • 01/26/23 05:23 PM ET
Shout out to Dr. Y.A. Liu - ChemE. Best professor ever and funny.**
dolph • 01/26/23 05:07 PM ET
Also, Bill Conger was also extremely good
Wo xin Hokie • 01/27/23 09:54 AM ET
Agree with this one, dude is a legend. Good class.**
Wo xin Hokie • 01/27/23 09:51 AM ET
Worth noting that bad instructors were definitely the exception IMO
Hokie Fiji • 01/26/23 04:48 PM ET
Yeppers, lot of good ones too - that's life **
FfxStationHokie • 01/26/23 04:53 PM ET
yeah, most of mine were great**
MrBayAreaHokie • 01/26/23 05:20 PM ET
Don't remember his name, don't want to. He was absolutely the worse. Had
AZHokie59 • 01/26/23 04:36 PM ET
Washenberger - Calculus
Burke Hokie • 01/26/23 04:29 PM ET
Moutsoglou - Heat Transfer professor
GoTechGo • 01/26/23 04:19 PM ET
Clothing and Man teacher. Took it as a Sr. w/ a bunch of FROSH & Soph girls
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 03:37 PM ET
I think I took that class, too, last quarter of last year. I know it was
Coach McGuirk • 01/26/23 06:02 PM ET
Clothing and Man?
GreenvilleVT • 01/26/23 03:45 PM ET
For sure and I also took 'Food and People' . . . Winter1974 . . . .
MidloHokie • 01/26/23 07:08 PM ET
Good thing it was like $2,000 for tuition room and board/quarter back then.
Coach McGuirk • 01/26/23 06:10 PM ET
In the mid to late 60’s tuition was about $120/quarter and
RJHokie • 01/26/23 06:32 PM ET
Probably a part of the Clothing, Textiles and Related Arts curriculum…..
RJHokie • 01/26/23 06:08 PM ET
I got an A in Nekkid and Women**
MrBayAreaHokie • 01/26/23 04:46 PM ET
Mostly a self study course for me. **
GreenvilleVT • 01/26/23 05:57 PM ET
Lighten up, old man. Great class for last quarter of a college career. And
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 03:50 PM ET
I heard the same about winemaking. **
GreenvilleVT • 01/26/23 03:52 PM ET
Spring quarter my last year was "Outdoor Skills"
RTFC • 01/26/23 03:58 PM ET
What, did they throw you in a local Boy Scout troop?
Burruss Writer • 01/27/23 09:12 AM ET
Sounds like Visual Arts, a predominately jock class. **
RJHokie • 01/26/23 06:10 PM ET
Spring QUARTER???? You're old.
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 04:27 PM ET
Now that’s a class worth taking. **
GreenvilleVT • 01/26/23 04:13 PM ET
P Chem teacher that failed 1/3 of the ChemEs our senior year. He walked in
dolph • 01/26/23 03:26 PM ET
Got an A in P-Chem ----->
Wo xin Hokie • 01/27/23 09:49 AM ET
Ecstatic with a D- in that class. Big yell in hall when I saw the grade**
Roscoe • 01/26/23 03:46 PM ET
On the flip side, Herb West was the best prof I had. Anyone remember him?**
Brown Water • 01/26/23 03:26 PM ET
FWIW when my band played at 117 S. Main, Herb often air-guitared
PhotoHokieNC • 01/26/23 05:55 PM ET
Air-guitared in front of the stage? Sounds like Herb liked his herb.**
Hoakie82 • 01/26/23 08:15 PM ET
Your band played at 117?? Well DAMN! That was my favorite bar of all time->
HOKIERIT • 01/26/23 06:50 PM ET
Paul Sommers(Econ) visiting professor was a hoot!**
FfxStationHokie • 01/26/23 04:17 PM ET
I had his class.... he was a trip!
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 04:05 PM ET
Male Crittenden for Engineering Fundamentals (wife also was a prof)
HokieKevin94 • 01/26/23 03:16 PM ET
Glad I'm not alone. I still hate this man, almost 30 years later...
ReggieW_601 • 01/27/23 09:43 AM ET
Wifey (Calc) was epic. Hard tho' brilliant good.**
bourbonstreet • 01/26/23 06:52 PM ET
I had the wife for calculus. Absolutely brutal. Made a 25 on a quiz and
Nortazhokie • 01/26/23 06:50 PM ET
Her self claimed single best recruiter turning Eng to Bus majors **
ChazB • 01/26/23 10:17 PM ET
Man, he was a doozy
MrBayAreaHokie • 01/26/23 04:44 PM ET
Me too!
Dr. Rock • 01/26/23 07:22 PM ET
I had him as well. Major ass. Some people should never teach.**
GSOHokie01 • 01/26/23 09:24 PM ET
I had his wife for some math class. Tough cookie.**
4dhokies • 01/26/23 03:42 PM ET
Had her as well - hated that class and her
Happy Dog • 01/26/23 04:56 PM ET
HD Smith Chemistry. I had the 2nd highest grade in the class of 79 with a C
No Clue • 01/26/23 03:15 PM ET
Sebba - Chemistry, so old he could barely walk in the room**
RTFC • 01/26/23 03:13 PM ET
LOVED that guy. No effort at all. He used the exact same test every year.**
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 03:24 PM ET
Yeah, I had him for frosh chemistry one quarter. Very easy as far as chem
Nortazhokie • 01/26/23 06:52 PM ET
Had him freshman year, before I had a Koofer network - he was bad for that**
RTFC • 01/26/23 03:29 PM ET
"study guide from older students"**
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 03:31 PM ET
International Finance prof
VT Pops • 01/26/23 03:11 PM ET
Pace, 5-hour Calc at 8 AM**
Hokerer • 01/26/23 03:10 PM ET
Friends of mine had him....so old, called him Sebba's grandfather**
statmanfromHCyrs • 01/26/23 03:13 PM ET
Freshman English with a conservation theme
Nova Hokie 95 • 01/26/23 03:01 PM ET
Hosmane, Freshman Chemistry
Baltimore Hokie • 01/26/23 03:00 PM ET
I also had an engineering instructor whose name escapes me, taught well but
Baltimore Hokie • 01/26/23 03:02 PM ET
Made the mistake of a "guidance" counselor talking me into a women in
Vtskier1 • 01/26/23 02:59 PM ET
You’re lucky, today guidance counselors talk you into becoming a woman. **
Hoakie82 • 01/26/23 08:18 PM ET
Reminds of my business law class with Mark Whitaker as instructor.
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 04:09 PM ET
And a convicted felon.
GoTechGo • 01/26/23 04:16 PM ET
Really? Wow. What crime was he convicted of?
Burke Hokie • 01/26/23 04:26 PM ET
google is your friend**
VaTechie • 01/27/23 12:20 AM ET
Neat. I went to Boy's State too.
EDGEMAN • 01/26/23 06:59 PM ET
"It's the Boys State of Virginia that you see, and if you're a member...
Hokie Fiji • 01/26/23 04:33 PM ET
My fondest memory of that week was from one of our city’s chaperones
Burke Hokie • 01/26/23 05:43 PM ET
My son went to Boys State, along with a couple of his buddies. When we got
UEMcGill • 01/26/23 05:15 PM ET
My HS classmate who accompanied me would probably agree
Hokie Fiji • 01/26/23 05:19 PM ET
Were you there in 88 or VT grad of 88? I was there in 83(?) w Falwell Jr.
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 04:49 PM ET
I was there in 83
Happy Dog • 01/26/23 05:00 PM ET
I didn't know that! I was in Eisenhower(?) w/ a couple guys I caught back
RhinoVT • 01/26/23 05:02 PM ET
I was elected Senator of Crockett City. We were assigned to debate & pass
Hoakie82 • 01/26/23 08:43 PM ET
I was there in 1988
Hokie Fiji • 01/26/23 04:56 PM ET
Had one who literally read the textbook to us
Hokie Fiji • 01/26/23 02:47 PM ET
Vijay Singal, Intl Finance **
OXVT • 01/26/23 02:38 PM ET
Business Calc prof, she hated Business majors
Vienna_Hokie • 01/26/23 02:14 PM ET
Business calc was easy peazy my freshman year in '97. I had the baseball
BG Hokie • 01/26/23 03:50 PM ET
Elementary calculus with matrices? I busted the curve in both sections of
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 02:19 PM ET
5 hr. Calculus with Susan Anderson.
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 02:07 PM ET
I had an encounter with her at early 90s march
HokieJamie • 01/26/23 02:53 PM ET
We overlapped at Tech... 1990-1994 here.**
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 04:01 PM ET
91 95**
HokieJamie • 01/26/23 04:04 PM ET
5 Hour Calculus with Colleen Mett. Mission Impossible.**
HokieJay • 01/26/23 02:19 PM ET
She's still at VT I believe and a longtime Blacksburg Town Council member.**
RUHokie • 01/26/23 02:14 PM ET
That would be...Vice Mayor**
hoosnowahokie • 01/26/23 03:28 PM ET
Still there...
Burruss Writer • 01/26/23 03:02 PM ET
I feel for the guys who have to work with her... **
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 02:16 PM ET
Some guy that taught production management.
RJHokie • 01/26/23 01:57 PM ET
I was lucky enough to have Cost, Governmental, and Advanced Accounting all
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 02:15 PM ET
I had Floyd Beams for advanced accounting.
RJHokie • 01/26/23 02:20 PM ET
I had Beams for accounting. Don't remember him as difficult.**
Galenahokie • 01/27/23 09:07 AM ET
Yep... Beams for Advanced (he wrote the text), Shoulders for Governmental
Hokie CPA • 01/26/23 02:23 PM ET
Same here. Private industry but never manuf so all the cost stuff never
fordham • 01/26/23 03:38 PM ET
I knew Craig Shoulders.
RJHokie • 01/26/23 02:27 PM ET
English TA spent the entire quarter talking about James Joyce. Read it,
Hokebury • 01/26/23 01:40 PM ET
Magnum TA would bodyslam students**
HokieDan95 • 01/26/23 01:57 PM ET
A graduate student who barely spoke english**
BleedinOandM • 01/26/23 01:18 PM ET
Had an econ prof talking about garment regulation for a whole class when
Vtskier1 • 01/26/23 03:01 PM ET
I had a similar teacher, who not only was hard to understand, but he was
Guy LeDouche • 01/26/23 04:26 PM ET
Had a physics lab TA who spoke NO english
Burruss Writer • 01/26/23 02:49 PM ET
I had one like that for an econ class**
HokieJamie • 01/26/23 02:23 PM ET
have to be more specific than that, that's a huge pool**
Vienna_Hokie • 01/26/23 02:17 PM ET
I had trouble with some very thick accents**
HokieDan95 • 01/26/23 01:29 PM ET
I dropped Physics 1 twice due to the accents.
MP4VT2004 • 01/26/23 02:30 PM ET
Growing up in Nova vs my Pittsburgh roommate was interesting
MrBayAreaHokie • 01/26/23 02:01 PM ET
Yeah, I seem to remember freshman biology from a foreign grad student with
BG Hokie • 01/26/23 01:27 PM ET
Probably Latin accent... ;)**
RTFC • 01/26/23 03:22 PM ET
What’s the statute of limitations on the honor code?**
GreenvilleVT • 01/26/23 01:06 PM ET